NTPC Tenders for 870 kW Rooftop Solar PV Plant

NTPC Ltd. has issued a tender for the supply and erection of an 870 kW rooftop solar PV power plant at the firm’s TG Hall at NTPC Vindhyachal St-II.

NTPC Ltd. has issued a tender for the supply and erection of an 870 kW rooftop solar PV power plant at the firm’s TG Hall at NTPC Vindhyachal St-II.

The scope of work for the selected bidders will include the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, commissioning of the rooftop solar project on a turnkey basis. The developers will also be required to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services for the pant for a period of 1 year from the date of successful commissioning.  The period of work that will be afforded to the developers to complete all the work on the project is 545 days.

The last date for bid submission is January 17, 2019, and the techno-commercial bids will be opened on January 20, 2019. All bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 5 lakh along with their bids.

To be eligible, the bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and commissioned/ supervised commissioning of solar photovoltaic (SPV) based grid-connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 700 kWp or higher, out of which at least one plant should have been of 100 kWp or higher capacity. The reference plant of 100 kWp or higher capacity should have been in successful operation for at least six months prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

Furthermore, the average annual turnover of the bidder, in the preceding three financial years as on the date of the techno-commercial bid opening, should not be less than Rs 3.56 crore. And the net worth of the bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 100 percent of its paid-up share capital.

Recently, the firm had issued a tender for the installation of rooftop solar projects at two of its locations worth a combined generational capacity of 550 kW. The first project, a 500 kW rooftop system will be installed at the TSTPS in Kaniha and the second, a 50 kW system will be installed in TTPS in Talcher.